Cuban Libraries Solidarity Group Press releases, news, and articles

"The transition dreamed of by Bush and his Miami mafia acolytes will never occur in Cuba. Our country is in transition, yes, but in a transition towards more revolution, towards a more just society, towards a society where men and women can attain the full development only offered by socialism." - Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Granma International, October 12, 2003

Informational links The Cuban Solidarity Campaign (UK) Cuba Solidarity (Infomed, US) Press releases March 28, 2004 - Freedom House - don't believe the hype March 22, 2004 - The so-called “Friends of Cuban Libraries” January 22, 2004 - Cuban writers respond to media maneuver January 20, 2004 - Statement on Internet usage in Cuba and charges of restricted access. January 17, 2004 - Letter from John Pateman, Information for Social Change, to Paul Sturges, Chair of IFLA Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) December 1, 2003 - Cuban National Library announces Portal for Cuban Public Libraries August 16, 2003 - EU Common Position on Cuba August 11, 2003 - Press Release about the 69th Annual Conference of IFLA August 6, 2003 - Open Letter to my Cuban colleagues, by Felipe Meneses Tello (Mexico City) August 6, 2003 - Venceremos Brigade Returns Hassle-free from Cuba July 23, 2003 - Letter to the Guardian (England) newspaper July 19, 2003 - Cuban Libraries: the Interview Waiting for CNN, by Eliades Acosta Matos July 19, 2003 - Background information pertaining to recent events in Cuba July 18, 2003 - Venezuelan government distributes 13 million books donated by Cuba. July 8, 2003 - IFLA calls on US to allow visits and information to and from Cuba July 4, 2003 - Cuba Resolution, by Brian Campbell July 4, 2003 - "Independent" libraries in Cuba, by Brian Campbell July 4, 2003 - Resolution of the North American Delegation To the 15th Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social scientists July 2, 2003 - "Cuban students banned and spied on in Britain," by John Pateman June 28, 2003 - " A Library in Cuba- What Is It?" by Felicia R. Lee, New York Times June 19, 2003 - "The Cuban Libraries Solidarity Group calls on the European Union to withdraw its recent measures against Cuba" June 19, 2003 -"Cuban Library Solidarity Group works with Greater London Region UNISON to develop a twinning link with Pinar del Rio Province National Union of Public Administration Workers (SNTAP)" June 13, 2003 - "Statement by the participants in the Third International Convention on Culture and Development." June 12, 2003 -"Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the EU"   Articles in Information for Social Change: Libraries in Cuba: Report of a visit to "independent," national and public libraries in Cuba, 2000. John Pateman Cuban libraries: challenges and achievements. Rhonda Neugebauer Cuba Today, Tomorrow, Forever. Larry R. Oberg

News and other articles Bibiopolitical mail no. 86 Haiti and Cuba: two islands, two worlds Memory and contemporaneity in Cuban books Menard and the Murder of Cameraman Jose Couso - Reporters without shame Cuban Artist Denied Entry Visa to Attend her Washington Debut. Prohibition on scientific articles from Cuba, Iran, Libya or the Sudan violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution The José Martí National Library and the National Public Library System in the current Cuban context Petition for Support of Cuba (from Mexico) Letter by Bruce Jensen regarding commentary by Nat Hentoff on "Friends of Cuban Libraries" Letter by ALA Councilor Ann Sparanese regarding Nat Hentoff's position Excerpt from the book The Dissidents, by Rosa Miriam Elizalde and Luis Báez, interviews with agents within the "independent library" movement. CUBA'S REPORT to the UN Secretary General on GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 57/11 (9/8/03) Testimony by Ann C. Sparanese, SRRT Action Councilor, at hearing on charges by "Friends of Cuban Libraries" (1/8/2001) Ocean Press seeks Support for New Book on Che "Payment for Services Rendered": US-funded Dissent and the "Independent Libraries Project" in Cuba, Presentation to the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, Nov. 8-9, 2002; East Los Angeles College; Panel "Cuba Today." By Rhonda L. Neugebauer, Bibliographer, Latin American Studies University of California, Riverside (PDF document) "In the Spirit of Wandering Librarians," by John Pateman- article published in Focus on International Library and Information Work (journal of the International Library and Information Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information New book - Law & Society Contemporary Cuba, Second Edition by Debra Evenson "Did U.S. Envoy Go Too Far? Critics say aggressive stance against Cuba may have led to backlash on dissidents," by Letta Taylor, Newsday, September 2, 2003 Former CIA agent tells: How US infiltrates "civil society" to overthrow governments Philip Agee, Granma International, 5 August 2003 "Following the money" by Philip Agee, 3 August 2003 Why the US fears Cuba: Hostility to the Castro regime doesn't stem from its failings, but from its achievements, by Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 5 August 2003 Cuba has been left out for too long : Britain and Europe must break with 40 years of failed US policy by Colin Moynihan, The Guardian, 5 August 2003 Libraries Contribution to Solidarity and Social Justice in a World of Neo-liberal Globalisation, by John Pateman, June 5, 2003 Culture, Comrades and Castro, by John Pateman Book Review - Capitalism In Crisis, by Fidel Castro Russia Urges End to Cuba Embargo US Blockade of Cuba Has Been Strengthened Month of Action in Solidarity with Cuba The US Blockade of Cuba and Intellectual Freedom Libraries in Cuba: Report of a Visit to "Independent", National and Public Libraries in Cuba, April 2000 Press Release, 03 April 2000 The Havana Book Fair and Libraries in Cuba 9th Havana International Book Fair - a great success Kenya Liberation Collection "Friends" versus supporters of Cuban libraries Cuban Libraries Support Group response to IFLA report on "independent" libraries in Cuba I have, let's see : that I have learned to read... The development of public libraries in Cuba since 1959 Cuban National Reading Programme Cuban Library Support Group grows Bromley Pensioners

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